40:62-133.7. Provisions permitted in bond resolution

Any bond resolution of the commission providing for or authorizing the issuance of any bonds may contain provisions, and the commission, in order to secure the payment of these bonds and in addition to its other powers, shall have the power, by provision in the bond resolution, to covenant and agree with the several holders of these bonds, as to:

a. The custody, security, use, expenditure or application of the proceeds of the bonds;

b. The construction and completion, acquisition, enlargement, extension or improvement of all or any part of the waterworks;

c. The use, regulation, operation, maintenance, insurance or disposition of all or any part of the waterworks, or restrictions on the exercise of the powers of the commission to dispose, or to limit or regulate the use, of all or any part of the waterworks;

d. Payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds, or any other obligations, and the sources and methods thereof, the rank or priority of the bonds or obligations as to any lien or security, or the acceleration of the maturity of the bonds or obligations;

e. The use and disposition of any moneys of the commission, including revenues, sometimes referred to in this amendatory and supplementary act as "water revenues," derived or to be derived from the operation of all or any part of the waterworks, including any parts thereof previously constructed or acquired and any parts, enlargements, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof subsequently constructed or acquired;

f. Pledging, setting aside, depositing or trusteeing all or any part of the water revenues or other moneys of the commission to secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds or any other obligations or the payment of expenses of operation or maintenance of the waterworks, and the powers and duties of any trustee with regard thereto;

g. The setting aside out of the water revenues or other moneys of the commission of reserves and sinking funds, and the source, custody, security, regulation, application and disposition thereof;

h. Determination or definition of the water revenues or of the expenses of operation and maintenance of the waterworks;

i. The rents, rates or the use, products or services of the waterworks, including any parts thereof previously constructed or acquired and any parts, enlargements, extensions, replacements or improvements thereof subsequently constructed or acquired, and the fixing, establishment, collection and enforcement of the same, the amount or amounts of water revenues to be produced thereby, and the disposition and application of the amounts charged or collected;

j. The assumption or payment or discharge of any indebtedness, liens or other claims relating to any part of the waterworks, or any obligations having or which may have a lien on any part of the water revenues;

k. Limitations on the issuance of additional bonds or any other obligations or on the incurrence of indebtedness of the commission;

l. Vesting in a trustee or trustees within or without the State the property, rights, powers and duties in trust as the commission may determine which may include any or all rights, powers and duties of the trustee appointed by the holders of bonds pursuant to section 9 of this amendatory and supplementary act, and limiting or abrogating the right of the holders to appoint a trustee pursuant to section 9 of this amendatory and supplementary act or limiting the rights, duties and powers of the trustee;

m. Payment of costs or expenses incident to the enforcement of the bonds or of the provisions of the bond resolution or of any covenant or contract with the holders of the bonds;

n. The procedure, if any, by which the terms of any covenant or contract with, or duty to, the holders of bonds may be amended or abrogated, the amount of bonds the holders of which shall consent thereto, and the manner in which the consent may be given or evidenced; or

o. Any other matter or course of conduct which, by recital in the bond resolution, is declared to further secure the payment of the principal of or interest on the bonds.

The provisions of the bond resolution and the covenants and agreements constitute valid and legally binding contracts between the commission and the several holders of the bonds, regardless of the time of issuance of the bonds, and are enforceable by the holder or holders of the bonds by appropriate action, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction, or by proceeding in lieu of prerogative writ.

L.1991,c.162,s.8.